MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE


Sorting Simarouba names


Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :
Simarouba amara Aubl.
SYNONYM(S) :  Quassia simarouba L. f. , Simarouba amara Aubl. var. typica Cronq.,  Simarouba officinalis DC., non Macfad. Simaruba amara Aubl., Zwingera amara (Aubl.) Willd.
ARABIC :  خشب الكواسيا  ,   كواسيا جمايك  ,   كواسيا سورينام
DUTCH :  Soemaroeba, Soemaroepa (Suriname).
ENGLISH :  Bitter damson (West Indies), Bitterwood, Dysentery bark, Mountain damson (West Indies), Orinoco simarouba, Slave wood, Stavewood tree, Wing-leaved quassia.
FRENCH :  Bois amer, Bois blanc, Simarouba amer, Simarouba médicinal.
PORTUGUESE :  Arubá, Caixeta (Brazil), Craíba (Brazil), Marupá (Brazil), Marupá-verdadeiro (Brazil), Simaruba (Brazil), Tamanqueira (Brazil), Tamaqueira (Brazil).
SPANISH :  Aceituna (Costa Rica), Aceituno (Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama), Chiriguaná, Chuña-chuña (Bolivia), Cuña (Ecuador), Maruba, Marupa (Peru), Palo períco, Papelillo (Colombia), Simaruba (Honduras, Venezuela), Simaruba amarga.

Some authors consider Simarouba amara Aubl. and Simarouba glauca DC. as distinct, others think they are synonyms. As a consequence common names are not specific to any Simarouba. Depending which author or reference is consulted some names will apply to one or the other species as well as other species from genera such as Quassia.

Simarouba berteroana Krug & Urb.
ENGLISH :  Hispaniola simarouba.
FRENCH :  Bois frêne, Frêne étranger (Haiti), Simarouba d'Hispaniola.
SPANISH :  Aceituna, Daguilla, Juan primero, Olivio (Dominican Republic).
Simarouba glauca DC.
SYNONYM(S) :  Simarouba medicinalis Endl., Simarouba officinalis Macfad., non DC.
ENGLISH :  Bitter dam, Bitter damson, Bitter dan, Bitterwood, Boarwood, Dysentery bark (Belize), Mountain damson, Paradise tree (Bahamas), Princess tree (Puerto Rico), Stavewood.
FRENCH :  Acajou blanc, Bois amer, Bois blanc, Bois frêne (Haiti), Bois négresse (Haiti), Quinquina d'Europe (Haiti), Simarouba glauque.
PORTUGUESE :  Caixeta, Marupá, Marupaúba, Parahyba, Paraíba, Pau parahyba, Tamanqueira.
SPANISH :  Aceitillo, Aceituna (Belize), Aceituno (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico), Aceituno negrito, Cedro amargo, Cedro blanco, Daguilla, Daguillo (Dominican Republic), Guitarro, Gusano, Jocote, Jocote de mico (Guatemala), Juan primero (Dominican Republic), Jucumico (Guatemala), Laguilla olivio (Dominican Republic), Malacacheta, Marouba, Maruba, Marupa (Honduras), Negrito (Nicaragua), Olivo (Costa Rica), Olivo amargo, Pa'asaak'il (Maya - Mexico), Paljul'te (Maya - Mexico), Palo amargo (Dominican Republic), Palo blanco (Cuba), Pasa'ak (Mexico), Pasac (Guatemala), Pasaque, Pazaque, Rabo de lagarto blanco (Mexico), Roblecillo, Simaruba (Cuba), Talchocote (Nicaragua), X-pasak'il (Maya - Mexico), Xpa'saak' (Maya - Mexico), Zapatero (Guatemala).



Some authors consider Simarouba amara Aubl. and Simarouba glauca DC. as distinct, others think they are synonyms. As a consequence common names are not specific to any Simarouba. Depending which author or reference is consulted some names will apply to one or the other species as well as other species from genera such as Quassia.


Simarouba laevis Griseb.
ENGLISH :  Cuban simarouba, Smooth simarouba.
FRENCH :  Simarouba glabre.
SPANISH :  Gavilán (Cuba).

Simarouba opaca (Engl.) Radlk. ex Engl.
SYNONYM(S) :  Simarouba amara Aubl. var. opaca Engl.

Data needed.

Simarouba tulae Urb.
ENGLISH :  Puerto Rico simarouba, Tula simarouba.
FRENCH :  Simarouba de Tula.
SPANISH :  Aceitillo, Aceitillo cimarrón, Aceitillo falso (Puerto Rico).

Simarouba versicolor A. St.-Hil
ENGLISH :  Tomentose-leaved simarouba.
PORTUGUESE :  Caixeta, Mata-barata, Pau-paraíba.


 

HOW TO CITE THIS PAGE / COLLECTION OF RECORDS

Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Simarouba Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database - A Work in Progress. The University of Melbourne. Australia. < http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Simarouba.html > (2010).




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